Karnataka teenaged girl committed suicide, say police

The CID submitted a 223-page interim inquiry report to the state government Tuesday. The Class VIII student committed suicide following disappointment over the medium of instruction in her new school, the report states
“She was studying in a private school with Kannada as the medium of instruction and obtained good grades. She was admitted to a Government English Medium School from Class VIII where her grades fell. She had discussed her unhappiness with her close friends,” the CID DGP said.

The teenaged girl, elder of two daughters of a small shop owner in Balle Bailu in Thirthahalli, died on October 30 at Kasturba Medical College in Manipal.

Her father then lodged a police complaint stating that his daughter was abducted by three persons, including one she knew, from a minority community.

A suicide note found in the girl’s school bag, however, stated she was unable to cope with the academic demands made on her.

The case had taken a political turn after BJP launched an agitation, accusing the police of shielding the suspects because they were from a minority community.

“Neither was she kidnapped, nor murdered. The note was written by the victim,” the DGP said.